While Joe Biden gets pummeled in the media?
Warren coverage IS glowing absent of negative there ….
A Op-Ed in the Washington Post takes a look…..
Journalists love covering a campaign based on policy ideas, rather than issues such as electability and style that they see as lesser or maybe even distasteful. Voters often don’t take this view of politics: Especially since faced with the prospect of a second Trump term, Democratic primary voters have clearly said they care about electability. And voters don’t just divide on clean, ideological lines — cultural attitudes, demographics and other non-policy factors shape each candidates’ coalition. But Warren’s view of politics closely matches the prevailing media view of what politics “should” be.
And, as CNN analyst Harry Enten astutely pointed out, many journalists live near people who fit into what has become Warren’s key demographic — generally upscale, white liberal Democrats — or have some of those attributes themselves. Enten correctly noted that that dynamic could lead the national press to overestimate South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a veteran and Rhodes scholar. With Buttigieg lagging in the polls and Warren gaining ground, Warren is getting the benefit of these demographic headwinds among reporters.
Maybe most significantly, Warren also matches an upscale cultural image of who the president should be. Many in the media followed a specific academic and professional path: We did our homework, took tough classes, competed on the high school speech and debate team, maybe went to an elite college, got a white-collar job and earned institutional validation all along the way. Warren and Buttigieg are the real-life images of that version of success, in which ambitious, academically accomplished, culturally refined people work extremely hard within institutions to achieve “meritocratic” recognition. Other Democrats fit the bill, too: Cory Booker was a Rhodes scholar, as well; Amy Klobuchar is a Yale- and University of Chicago-educated lawyer; and Julián Castro interned in the Clinton White House while at Stanford University. But they haven’t targeted the demographic many members of the media happen to fall into as clearly as Warren and Buttigieg have.
That has helped Warren and Buttigieg. In a fractured field such as this, media coverage is crucial and positive coverage is a big advantage….
I’m hoping people here read this post….
Biden got nothing but glowing press for years before becoming a candidate again and still largely gets a pass.
But when his primary opponents go after him, the media has to report on it and when Biden makes noticeable gaffes, it is going to get covered too.
I don’t think many would share the perception that Biden gets “pummeled” in the media.
Warren certainly got negative coverage over her Native American heritage DNA test debacle.
Wow!…
I found a negative Op-Ed on Warren….
Why Elizabeth Warren will fail to shine in her moment on the trail
To many voters, her plans sound attractive, and her years in academia lend to her pitch. She is articulate and crafty enough to crib off Sanders, while arguing that she just wants capitalism with a human face. In reality, however, the former Harvard professor is hoping you will not do the math yourself when it comes to her grandiose pitch. Almost every element of her plans would drive discourse to the left, while weakening our political and economic systems to make it susceptible to crony capitalism….
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The author for the piece in the Hill…
Kristin Tate is a libertarian writer and an analyst for Young Americans for Liberty….
Of course a libertarian won’t support Warren.
The reality is that Warren would be fortunate if 20% of her agenda passes. And Biden will struggle just as much.
Susceptible to crony capitalism?
This young lady better open her eyes.What in the Hell does she think we are living in now ?This is the Golden Age Of crony capitalism!
I would be interested in hearing Warren’s explanation for why corporations should have a charter approved by the federal government. That sounds unnecessarily beaurocratic to me and could encourage “crony capitalism”.
What’s Behind Elizabeth Warren’s Rise In The Polls?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has come a long way in the polls since the early days of her 2020 presidential campaign. Back in April, she was polling in the mid single digits nationally, but she now leads a number of national and early-state polls. And based on polls from September and August, Warren has expanded her support in a few overlapping directions — making inroads with groups and categories of voters she was previously struggling with. The result is that she is now positioned as the leading alternative to former Vice President Joe Biden….
FiveThirtyEight…